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🧵 Pre-match press conference embargo thread Gameweek 18

💠 Man City

📢 Pep Guardiola asked if he's been surprised by Man City performances since returning: "I would say surprised, no, because we have done it..."

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📢 Guardiola: "...for many years. I said many times, what I’m most proud of is that still we are there.

"In the Carabao Cup, still we are there - beating Chelsea and Liverpool - still we are there.

"That’s why I’m so proud. That’s what gives me..."

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📢 Guardiola: "...the feeling that I want to continue to work with these guys in this club.

"The first time you want to win, you have an extra [edge]. But we [have still] got [that edge].

"Some players have [won] five Premier League [titles]..."

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📢 Guardiola: "...why in your mind should you fight again?

"But that's why we need Ricos [players such as Rico Lewis]. Because for him it’s wow, it’s new - ‘I want to be there, I want to play, I want to stay a long time here, I want to win..."

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📢 Guardiola on Lewis: "...one Premier League’. And this energy is contagious. He gives it to me and he gives it to the other players.

"It puts pressure for the other ones. And it is so necessary..."

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📢 Guardiola: "...[if the players think] because I was perfect in the past, now I have [the right to win] - no, no, no. How you behave - more chance to play. If you don't behave, you have to wait. We need to be consistent, get results every single day."

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🇮🇹 Spurs

📢 Conte on Dier: "I’m not worried. I know Eric’s capacity, what Eric can do.

"It can be that you have a period where you have to recover mental or physical energy.

"I have the other defenders that give me the possibility to make rotations."

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🏮 Man Utd

📢 Erik ten Hag on Sancho: "The time is not now [for Jadon to return to training] but he's making good progress and we will see when he is ready to return into the squad.

"[He is] back in Manchester. He will start individual training, yeah."

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📢 Ten Hag on team news: "I think we are in a good direction. Most players are back in training.

"We have to see after the last training session who we pick.

"We have an idea but I want to speak with the medical department, then we make our decision."

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